Jude 4 Months

I can’t believe my precious baby boy is already four months old!

These boots are so precious! I think they are so adorable and they are almost too small,
so I had to make sure I got a picture of them.

Jude is becoming so interactive, especially with me and Josiah.  He is starting to play games with us, if he is in the mood.  He loves playing with toys now that he can grab on to them and direct them toward his mouth, but staring at his hands or sucking on two fingers are probably still his favorites.

Jude is such a toggle-switch of a little boy!  One minute he can be laughing and squealing and the next have a pouty lip big enough for a whole flock of birds.  This certainly does make things interesting.  I do love to see him laugh and smile though, that definitely makes up for his frustrating moments.  When he smiles his whole body smiles, he becomes the shape of a coma, no joke!  I can’t help but smile along with him!

Jude’s first Easter was so much fun, we were able to enjoy the day with family and friends.  One of the best parts was getting him all dressed for church in his little outfit with the button up shirt and little vest.  There is nothing cuter than little boy (or girl) dress up clothes!

Our first family picture on Easter

Cousins all dressed up in their Easter best

I love to watch Jude learn, he is one of those kids who you can tell is trying to figure things out.  He becomes very serious and observant; you can almost see all the pieces coming together in that little brain of his (this is why there are still no pictures of him really smiling, every time the camera comes out he gets serious as he is trying to figure it all out).

The closest I've gotten to a picture of Jude smiling

He hit a couple big milestones this month: rolling over and sleeping through the night.  Considering how much Jude hates tummy time I’m actually surprised he didn't roll over sooner, so he could avoid it J.  He still can’t roll over on a regular basis but he has done it several times.  As for sleeping through the night we have made huge progress!  Jude has been sleeping at least six hours before his first feeding (six hours is actually technically considered sleeping through the night for an infant), but now he is regularly doing about 10 hours and even went the WHOLE night several times! Yay for Mom getting a good night’s sleep!  Now if we could just get him to take a couple naps J.

Happy 4 month birthday precious boy!  You are a wonderful gift from God that we are so thankful for everyday!